Atheism and secularity . Volume 1 & 2 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Phil Zuckerman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824470103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Barbara, CA, : Praeger Perspectives, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-38589-5; 9786612385896; 0-313-35181-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (540 p.)
• Collana: Praeger perspectives
• Altri autori (Persone): ZuckermanPhil
• Disciplina: 211.6; 211'.6-dc22; 211/.6
• Soggetti: Irreligion and sociology; Atheism; Secularism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Two volumes combined as one.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Atheism and Secularity: Volume 1; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Social Scientific Study of Atheism and Secularity; Chapter 1: What Is Atheism?; Chapter 2: Atheism, Secularity, the Family, and Children; Chapter 3: A Portrait of Secular Group Affiliates; Chapter 4: Sexuality and the Secular; Chapter 5: Morality and Immorality among the Irreligious; Chapter 6: The Evolution of Popular Religiosity and Secularism: How First World Statistics Reveal Why Religion Exists, Why It Has Been Popular, and Why the Most Successful Democracies Are the Most Sec; Chapter 7: Atheism, Secularity, and GenderChapter 8: Freethinkers and Hell Raisers: The Brief History of American Atheism and Secularism; Chapter 9: Defining Religion and Modifying Religious ''Bodies'': Secularizing the Sacred and Sacralizing the Secular; Index; About the Editor and Contributors; Atheism and Secularity: Volume 2; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Social Scientific Study of Atheism and Secularity; Chapter 1: Atheism and Secularity in North America; Chapter 2: Atheism and Secularity in Modern Japan; Chapter ; 3: Atheism and Secularity in the Former Soviet Union; Chapter 4: Atheism and Secularity in GhanaChapter 5: The Triumph of Indifference: Irreligion in British Society; Chapter 6: Atheism and Secularity in the Arab World; Chapter 7: Atheism and Secularity in India; Chapter 8: Atheism and Secularity in the Netherlands; Chapter 9: Atheism and Secularity: The Scandinavian Paradox; Chapter 10: Atheism and Secularity in China; Index; About the Editor and Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This important two-volume contribution to the field of secular studies offers the first comprehensive examination of atheists and non-religious people around the world.